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Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Written by	Zeishan Quadri Akhilesh Sachin Ladia Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Anurag Kashyap Sunil Bohra
Starring	Jaideep Ahlawat Tigmanshu Dhulia Manoj Bajpai Piyush Mishra Richa Chadda Nawazuddin Siddiqui Reemma Sen Huma Qureshi
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Music by	Sneha Khanwalkar (soundtrack) G. V. Prakash Kumar (score)
Distributed by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release dates	May 2012 (2012-05) (Cannes) June 22, 2012 (2012-06-22) (Part 1) August 8, 2012 (2012-08-08) (Part 2)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9.2 crore (US$1.1 million)
Box office	₹27.74 crore (US$3.2 million)(7 weeks domestic)

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (stylized as Gangs of वासेपुर) is an Indian crime film co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. It centers around Power Struggles, Politics and Vengeance between three crime families. Part one features an ensemble cast with Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda, Tigmanshu Dhulia in the major roles and its story spans from the early 1940s to mid 1990s.

The sequels were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 318 minutes and screened at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight but since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a five plus hour movie, it was divided into two parts (159 mins and 158 mins respectively) for the Indian Market.

The film received an Adults Only certification from the Indian Censor Board but is still unusually explicit for Indian standards as it contained authentic lingo and violence generally suppressed by Mainstream Indian movies. The films soundtrack is heavily influenced by traditional Indian folk songs.

Part one was released on June 22, 2012 on 1000 theatre screens across India. It was released on July 25 in France and on June 28 in the Middle East & UAE but was banned in Kuwait and Qatar.

Plot

2004

A heavily armed Sultan Qureshi (Pankaj Tripathi) along with his henchman scour and finally narrow down on a house in Wasseypur. They surround the house and unleash a wave of bullets and grenades on it with the intention of killing the family inside it but unknown to the gunmen, the family escapes death by hiding in a safe house. The gunmen retreat away from the crime scene in a vehicle while Definite Khan is seen heading towards the bullet riddled house. Sultan calls JP Singh (Satya Anand) on his cell phone and reports that Faizal Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and his family have been successfully executed but he is double crossed by JP Singh as a fire fight erupts between them and a police check post blocking their escape route. The scene cuts abruptly for a prologue by the narrator, Farhan.

Introduction of Wasseypur and Dhanbad

The narration describes the history and nature of Wasseypur. The village has been historically ruled by the Qureshi Muslims, a sub-caste of animal butchers who are feared by the non-qureshi Muslims in Wasseypur and Dhanbad by extension.

During the British Raj, the British seized the farm lands of Dhanbad for coal which began the business of coal mining in Dhanbad. The region was a hotbed of the local faceless dacoit Sultana Qureshi who robbed British trains in the night and thus holds some patriotic value for the locals.

Circa 1940s

Shahid Khan (Jaideep Ahlawat), a Pathan, takes advantage of the mysteriousness of the faceless dacoit Sultana, a Qureshi, by impersonating his identity to rob British ferry trains. The Qureshi clans eventually find out and order the banishment of Shahid Khan and his family from Wasseypur. They settle down in Dhanbad where Shahid begins work as a labourer in a coal mine. He is unable to be at his wife's side who dies during childbirth. The enraged Shahid kills the coal-mines muscleman who had denied him leave on that day. In 1947, Independent India begins to assert its authority over itself. The British coal mines are sold to Indian industrialists and Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia) receives a few coal-mines in the Dhanbad region. He hires Shahid as the new muscle-man of the coal mine who terrorizes the local population to seize their lands and extract compliance.

On a rainy day, Ramadhir Singh overhears Shahid's ambitions of taking over the coal mines from him. Singh tricks Shahid to travel to Varanasi for business but instead, he is murdered. Farhan finds Ramadhir's umbrella with his initials near the door, concluding that Ramadhir eavesdropped on their conversation. He flees from the place with Shahid's son Sardar in the nick of time as Ehsaan Qureshi (Vipin Sharma), another associate of Ramaadhir Singh shows up too late for killing them. An unsuccessful Ehsaan lies to Singh that Shahid's family has been murdered and buried. Sardar grows along with his cousin Asghar (Jameel Khan) and learns the truth about his fathers death upon which he shaves his head vowing not to grow it until Ramadhir singh is dead.

Circa 1950–60

Ramadhir Singh establishes himself in the coal mining by misusing his position and power as a trade union leader by turning it into a mafia organisation threatening labourers into giving a substantial portion of their income to Ramaadhir's henchmen. Singh encourages the labourers to dip the coal ores into water to fake production output.

Circa Early and Mid 1970s

The coal mines are nationalised. A mature Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpai) and his kins start hijacking Ramaadhir's coal trucks mid transit but Ramadhir Singh suspects the foul play on SP Sinha, a Coal India official and murders him. Post Sinha's murder, Ramaadhir starts being feared by everyone in Dhanbad.

Sardar marries Nagma Khatoon (Richa Chadda). The pregnant Khatoon confronts Sardar Khan and a prostitute inside a brothel and chases him away. Later, Nagma gives birth to Danish but gets pregnant immediately afterwards. Unable to have sex with a pregnant Nagma, Sardar confesses his sexual frustrations with his kins. At dinner, Nagma gives her consent to Sardar to sleep with other women but with the condition that he won't bring them home or dishonour the family name.

Sardar and Asghar start working for JP Singh. They misuse their employment by secretly selling the company petrol in the black market. Later, they rob a petrol pump and a train bogey belonging to the Singh family. They usurp Singh's land leading which forces the two families to confront each other for talks. The meeting ends in a scuffle with Ramaadhir Singh realising that Sardar Khan is in fact the son of Shahid khan who he had murdered in the late 40s. Sardar and Asghar are sent for jail time for hitting JP Singh.

Circa Early 1980s

Sardar and Asghar esacape from the jail. While hiding in Wasseyur, Sardar marries a Bengali Hindu girl named Durga (Reema Sen). Asghar informs Nagma that Sardar has taken a second wife leaving Nagma helpless at the situation. Meanwhile, Wasseypur has merged with Dhanbad where the Qureshi goons terrorize the non-Qureshi Muslims. The locals approach Sardar Khan for help. During Muharram, both Shias and Sunnis are out mourning including the Qureshi clan. Sardar uses the opportunity to lauch a major bomb attack on many Qureshi shops and houses. The word spreads about Sardar's raids and the people start fearing Sardar more than the Qureshis.

Eventually, Sardar returns home to Nagma and she gets pregnant again. Sardar tries to initiate sex with a pregnant Nagma but she refuses which prompts an angry Sardar to leave her. He goes to stay with his second wife, Durga where she gives birth to his son, Definite. Ramaadhir Singh, noticing that Sardar has abandoned his first family, tries to reach out through Danish by giving him money. An enraged Nagma beats Danish for taking the money while she breaks down in front of Farhan. A thirsty Faizal wakes up in the middle of the night to find Nagma and Farhan about to have sex. Angry, he storms out of the house and becomes a junkie. Farhan reveals that the desires were never consummated. Faizal and Farhan never see eye to eye again.

Circa Mid and Late 1980s

Sensing Sardar's increasing clout, Ramaadhir calls his old associate Ehsaan Qureshi who brokers a meeting between Sultan Qureshi and Ramaadhir Singh where the two decide to become allies against their common enemy, Sardar Khan. Sultan asks Ramaadhir for modern automatic weapons which the latter promises to give.

Circa 1990s

Sardar becomes the most feared man in Wasseypur and shifts his business to stealing iron ore. Danish Khan joins in the family business. A failed attack from Sultan Qureshi leaves Danish with a minor injury and causes reconciliation between Sardar and Nagma. Sardar finds Ramaadhir and warns him of terrible consequences if anything ever happens to his family.

A mature Faizal is seriously affected by Bollywood movies as he starts behaving, talking and dressing like bollywood characters. Faizal is caught by the police for buying guns and jailed. Upon release, he kills the gun-seller who had implicated him to police earlier. Meanwhile, Sardar seizes a lake belonging to a local temple and charges commission on fish sellers who make a catch in that lake. An uneasy peace is maintained between the Qureshi and Khan families when Danish Khan marries Shama Parveen, the sister of Sultan Qureshi.

Faizal reveals to a friend that his father Sardar would be travelling without security the next day. Late night, while Faizal is still asleep, his friend who turns out to be a spy calls up the Qureshis and passes this bit of information to them. Sardar leaves home alone and reaches the Durga household to give them their expense allowance. Durga turns out to be yet another Qureshi spy. The Qureshi men follow Sardars car and when the later stops at a petrol pump to refuel they start shooting while Sardar ducks in the car for cover. The Qureshi men put several close rounds through the car window ensuring a precise & unmistakable hit after which they escape. A shocked Sardar opens the car door and stands up to reveal multiple bullet wounds, one directly on his head. He steps out with his gun drawn trying to locate the shooters but he eventually collapses to his death on a ferry cycle.

Sequels

Cast

• Manoj Bajpai as Sardar Khan, forms the core of the chronicle. He escapes death as a child while his father Shahid Khan is killed by Yadav on the instructions of Ramadhir Singh. He shaves his head vowing not to grow his hair until he exacts revenge by making Singh endure many silent deaths through humiliation and the fear of being stalked. Sardar is an immoral womanizer, a megalomaniac and a hyper-sexual who ends up marrying two wives (Nagma Khatoon and Durga) besides making regular rounds at the brothels. Outside the house, Sardar is vicious, brutal and merciless towards his enemies but inside the house, he cowers from beatings and runs when he’s caught in the brothel by his first wife Nagma. Sardar is crafty and comical, almost a goof-ball.

• Piyush Mishra as Farhan, is the narrator of the film and a cousin of Shahid Khan, who saves an adolescent Sardar from Ramadhir's henchmen and takes care of him along with Asghar till adulthood. He is unmarried and feels helpless on seeing Sardar cheat on his wife Nagma. Later in life, Sardar and Farhan become duo's in crime.
• Jameel Khan as Asghar, is a cousin of Sardar Khan who assists him during the takeover of Wasseypur from Sultan Qureshi.
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Shahid Khan, is a pathan and the father of Sardar Khan. He robs government trains under the guise of Qureshi dacoit sultana. When the Qureshi clan find out, he and his family are ordered into exile from Wasseypur. He becomes a henchmen for Ramadhir Singh but is killed when the later eve-drops on the former and learns about his ambitions for power which sets off the revenge trail that lasts between the Khans and the Qureshis for around three generations.
• Richa Chadda as Nagma Khatoon, is Sardar Khan's first wife and mother of four sons. She is a motor-mouth and firebrand who doesn't shy away from the ugliest street slang, and isn't beyond confronting her husband in the brothel and chasing him with a stick. In time, she learns to accept her husbands habit of infidelity but asks him to continue his behaviour albeit with the family honour in mind.
• Reemma Sen as Durga, is a Hindu Bengali girl who serves as a maid. Sardar khan charms her and makes her his second wife. She is initially coy but shows her real self when Sardar abandons her and her son. In the films climax, she plays a significant part in Sardar Khan's death.
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Faizal Khan, is Sardar's son from his first wife Nagma. He is forced to drop out from school when his father leaves his mother to live with his second wife Durga. Eventually, he becomes a junkie and joins his fathers criminal profession when he grows up.
• Tigmanshu Dhulia as Ramadhir Singh, is a politician who orders the hit on Shahid Khan. He is calculating, cold and unemotional. He controls Wasseypur area by allying himself with the Qureshi clan but is slowly loosing power to Sardar Khan and his sons.
• Huma Qureshi as Mohsina, is the love interest of Faizal Khan and plays hard to get.
• Pankaj Tripathi as Sultan Qureshi, is the grandchild of Dacoit Sultana and is a butcher by profession and association. He is a henchmen and an ally of Ramadhir Singh. He is from the Qureshi clan who exiled Shahid Khan and his family out of Wasseypur. Sultan's reign in Wasseypur is overthrown by the arrival of Sardar Khan. Now Sultan's only agenda is to kill Sardar.
• Vipin Sharma as Ehsaan Qureshi, is a long running associate of Ramadhir Singh. Somewhere in the late 40's and the early 50's, he is sent by Ramadhir to kill Shahid Khan's family but arrives too late as the family had already escaped. Later, Ehsaan returns to Ramadhir and lies about the family's execution and burial.
• Vineet Kumar as Danish Khan, is Sardar's son from his first wife, Nagma. He takes a liking for Sultan Qureshi's Sister Shama Parveen and later marries her against Sultans wishes.
• Anurita Jha as Shama Parveen, is the Daughter of Ehsaan Qureshi and the sister of Sultan Qureshi. She marries Sardar's son Danish Khan against the wishes of her brother Sultan.
• Shankar as Shankar
• Hazarat Ali as Definite Khan(young), is Sardar's son from his second wife, Durga.
• Tilak Raj Mishra as Sanjeev
• Syed Khan as Iqbal Khan
• Satya Anand as J.P Singh, son of Ramadhir Singh.
• Naman Tiwari as Ajay Singh (Young)
• Aniket Raj as Vijay Singh (Young)
• Jaikumar Solanki as Jatin
• Sanjay Varma as Inspector Udayveer Singh
• Sandeep Arora as ACP Jadhav
• Harish Khanna as Yadav, is a black market weapons seller and an associate of Ramadhir Singh. Yadav kills Sardar Khan's father Shahid Khan on the instructions of Singh.

Production

Development

Anurag Kashyap said he had wanted to make a film on Bihar with the name Bihar for some time but for various reasons it didn't take off. In 2008 he met Zeishan Quadri, writer of GANGS who told him about Wasseypur's story. He found it unreal to believe that mafia activity and gang war existed at such high level. Zeishan narrated enough stories but what really attracted him was not gang war but the entire story of emergence of mafia. According to him to tell the story through a few families is what interested him but that also meant a longer reel. "We all know mafia exists but what they do, how they operate, why they do we don't know and that is something which forms the basis of the film".

Casting

According to Bajpai, the role of Sardar Khan is the most negative role he has done till date. His motivation for doing this role came from the fact that there was "something new" with the character of Sardar Khan.

Piyush Mishra and Tigmanshu Dhulia were given the discretion to decide who, among them, would perform the roles of Farhan and Ramadhir. Mishra chose the role of Farhan and Dhulia portrayed Ramadhir Singh.

Chadda revealed in an interview that this role helped her bag 11 film roles.

This is Huma Qureshi's first film, and she characterized this as her "dream debut". Qureshi landed this role after director Anurag Kashyap spotted her in a Samsung commercial he was directing.

Filming

During filming in Varanasi in December 2010, film's chief assistant director Sohil Shah was killed on shoot while performing one of the stunt shot scene which was an accident. The Movie has been dedicated to Sohil Shah as is seen in the opening titles. The film finished production in late March 2011, with Anurag Kashyap moving on to direct his next film immediately due to that accident. Major portions of the film were shot at villages near Bihar. Shooting of film also took place in Chunar. Anurag Kashyap, who co-produced the film with Sunil Bohra, has said that it is his most expensive film and he reportedly had to spend ₹ 15 crore on paying the actors. Both parts of Gangs Of Wasseypur together cost just ₹18.4 crore (US$2.2 million) to make. Anurag Kashyap, the director of film tweeted - "45 crore as reported in the media is false."

Themes and Portrayals

Style

The filming style adopted by Anurag Kashyap in Gangs of Wasseypur bears a striking similarity to the styles of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. The scenes are short in length, several in number and often a series of montages take the story forward.Anurag Kashyap never has to resort to extraneous elements like stylized entries, editing patterns or camera motions to add to the effect because the story has an intrinsic impact of its own. However the film doesn't fall short of any technical finesse. There's unabashed blood, gore and abuse wherever the scene demands. Lines like "Tum sahi ho, woh marad hai," ("You are right, he is male") said in resigned agreement to a wronged wife stand out for their cruel truths of rural life. Kashyap's use of occasional bursts of music and comedy to punctuate the slowly augmenting tension at different junctures is highly reminiscent of Spaghetti Westerns. Kashyap's use of dark humor to judiciously propagate violence bears an uncanny similarity to Quentin Tarantino’s style of movie-making. Absorbing styles as diverse as those of old-school Italo-American mafia classics a la Coppola, Scorsese and Leone, as well as David Michod's taut crime thriller "Animal Kingdom," Kashyap never lets his influences override the distinct Indian color. The pacing is machine-gun relentless, sweeping incoherence and repetitiveness under the carpet as it barrels forward with hypnotic speed.

Theme

" The film is essentially about two families from Wasseypur and one from Dhanbad. In the process, it explores the larger chunk of the coal and mafia activity. The film deals with the emergence of Mafia. I didn't want to limit to coal activity so family story had to be shown and what the mafia is doing there now. What we have done with this film is even if it's a fictional film we have taken actual shots of sand mining. In the film nothing is recreated. Everything here is real shots. The entire river has been turned into sand mine as there is not an ounce of water. "

• BP Sinha, one of the most respected labour leader but also considered as Godfather of Dhanbad Mafia. The character of S.P. Sinha is vaguely based on him
• Surajdeo Singh, MLA and the first Coal Mafia of Dhanbad. The Character of Ramadhir Singh in GOW is based on him. He actually got his mentor, BP Sinha murdered to become the undisputed Mafia King.

The movie chronicles the journey of the saga associated with coal mines.It portrays the gang lords of Wasseypur like Shafi Khan,Fahim Khan and Shabir Alam. The film has also been inspired from the story of Jharkhand politician BP Sinha, Suryadev Singh, Binod Singh, Sakeldeo Singh, and Ramadhir Singh, who was convicted of murder. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN calls the movie, a gang warfare and notes that " On the surface, Gangs of Wasseypur is a revenge saga, a tableau of vengeance between generations of gangsters. Scratch that surface and you’ll discover more than just a grim portrait ". " While some of the critics noted that the film, is a powerful political film, which underlines the party politics system (at that time) allowing the growth of illegal coal trading and mafias in the region (Bihar) and their use as a political tool, thus making the allotment of coal blocks, one of the most powerful expressions of controlling power in the region. Despite its grim theme, the film also has an inherent sense of humour that comes quite naturally to it from its series of events. The scene where Reema Sen is charmed by Manoj Bajpai over her daily chores or the one where Nawazuddin goes on a formal date with Huma Qureshi are outrageously hilarious. The household politics is one of the many subplots rendering layers to the story. You realise Sardar's family is emerging into a Corleone set-up of sorts. His sons - the brooding Danish and the doped-out Faizal (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) from Nagma, and the enigmatic Definite Khan (Zeishan Quadri) from Durga - will become key players in this revenge story, after Sardar is killed by the Qureishis, an ambitious clan of butchers. Violent as his screenplay is, Kashyap reveals wit while narrating his tale. Ample black comedy is used to imagine the gang war milieu. The humour lets us relate to the intrinsic irreverent nature of men who live by the gun. Character development can best justify the length of GOW I

Soundtrack

Untitled

Music of Gangs of Wasseypur was launched on 23 May.The film which is in two parts,has a whopping 25 songs. Music for the album is composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and Piyush Mishra. Lyrics for the album are written by Varun Grover and Piyush Mishra.

Reception

Raja Sen of Rediff gave a five star rating to the soundtrack calling it a "A strikingly flavourful and headily authentic collection of quirky music". Purva Desai of Times of India said "The music is brilliant and this album deserves all the praises." Shivi Reflections in her favourable review wrote that "Gangs Of Wasseypur is a soundtrack which should be acknowledged for its experimentation and uniqueness."

Marketing

The marketing of Gangs of Wasseypur was noted for its uniqueness. Gamucha, a thin traditional north Indian towel was taken to Cannes, the GOW team danced on the streets wearing red gamchhas, after the Cannes Film Festival and has been making public appearances in them ever since.While most music launches in India happen with a big party in a 5-star banquet hall in a Delhi or Mumbai, and formal announcements before the press, the music of this film, was launched in second largest city in eastern India which is Patna.

In another effective way of building the world of Wasseypur for the audience,a fictitious newspaper was made available online. named Wasseypur Patrika.

In keeping with the language and setup of the film, wall paintings instead of posters, reading Goli nahi marenge, keh ke lenge – Gangs Of Wasseypur were painted on walls across 20 cities.

GOW mementos — The GOW team has made a memento consisting of bullets of different era. While all sorts of weapons have been used in the film, this is the best thing one could give as memento.

Reception

Critical Reception

India

Review Scores
Critic	Rating
Bikas Bhagat
Subhash K. Jha
Taran Adarsh
Rajeev Masand
Mansha Rastogi
Madhureeta Mukherjee
Saibal Chatterjee
Blessy Chettiar
Kunal Guha
Roshni Devi
Raja Sen

Gangs of Wasseypur received positive reviews. In the review aggregator website Review Gang, the movie received 6.5 stars out of 10, based on 16 reviews.

Bikas Bhagat of Zee News gave the movie 4 stars out of 5, concluding that "So if you want to experience an all new wave of cinema in Bollywood, GOW is your movie. It’s has some real quirky moments which I’ll leave for you to explore in the film. Watch it for its sheer cinematic pleasure!" Subhash K. Jha of IANS gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "Brutal, brilliant, dark, sinister, terrifying in its violence and yet savagely funny in the way human life is disregarded “Gangs Of Wasseypur” is one helluva romp into the raw and rugged heartland. Not to be missed." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that "On the whole, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR symbolizes the fearless new Indian cinema that shatters the clichés and conventional formulas, something which Anurag Kashyap has come to be acknowledged for. It has all the trappings of an entertainer, but with a difference. The film prides itself with substance that connects with enthusiasts of new-age cinema. But, I wish to restate, one needs to have a really strong belly to soak up to a film like GANGS OF WASSEYPUR. Also, this striking movie-watching experience comes with a colossal length and duration. The reactions, therefore, would be in extremes. GANGS OF WASSEYPUR is for that segment of spectators who seek pleasure in watching forceful, hard-hitting and gritty movies." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, concluding that "Bolstered by its riveting performances and its thrilling plot dynamics, this is a gripping film that seizes your full attention. I’m going with three-and-a-half out of five for Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur. Despite its occasionally indulgent narrative, this bullet-ridden saga is worthy of a repeat viewing, if only to catch all its nuances. Don’t miss it." Mansha Rastogi of Now Running gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, commenting that "Gangs of Wasseypur works like an explosive leaving you wanting for more. Gangs of Wasseypur part 2 will definitely be a film eagerly awaited! Devour part one in the meantime!" Madhureeta Mukherjee of Times Of India gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that "Director Anurag Kashyap, in his trademark style of story- telling - realistic, with strong characters, over-the-top sequences, and unadulterated local flavour (crude maa-behen gaalis galore), gruesome bloody violence and raw humour - interestingly spins this twisted tale. This first of a two-part film, is ambitious indeed; showing promise of brilliance in parts, but not bullet-proof to flaws. With a runtime this long, meandering side tracks and random sub-plots, countless characters, documentary-style narrative backed with black and white montages from actual history, it loses blood in the second half because of the Director's over-(self)indulgence. So, hold on to your guns, gamchas and 'womaniyas'." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, concluding that "It may not be for the faint-hearted and the prissy. Gangs of Wasseypur is a heavyweight knockout punch. You’re down for the count!" Blessy Chettiar of DNA gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, commenting that "Even though there’s so much going for GOW I, there’s something always amiss, something that leaves you underwhelmed after all those expectations. May be it’s a hope of a dashing GOW II. Let’s wait and watch." Kunal Guha of Yahoo! gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, concluding that "Considering the amount of blood spilled in this film, it could’ve just been called ‘Gangs of Sauce-e-pur’. Hot and sweet and different. ‘Bata deejiyega sabko!’" Roshni Devi of Koimoi gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, saying that "Gangs Of Wasseypur is a very good movie that gets bogged down by the endless characters and length of the movie. If you love those hinterland mafia movies, this is definitely for you." On the contrary, Raja Sen of Rediff gave the movie 2.5 stars out of 5, concluding that "It is the excess that suffocates all the magic, originality dying out for lack of room to breathe. Kashyap gets flavour, setting and character right, but the lack of economy cripples the film. There is a lot of gunfire, but like the fine actors populating its sets, Wasseypur fires too many blanks."

International

The film met positive international reviews.Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an extraordinary ride through Bollywood’s spectacular, over-the-top filmmaking".Referring to the violence and pace of the film she says "Gangs of Wasseypur puts Tarantino in a corner with its cool command of cinematically-inspired and referenced violence, ironic characters and breathless pace". Maggie Lee of Variety notes Kashyap never lets his diverse influences of old-school Italo-American mafia classics a la Coppola, Scorsese and Leone, as well as David Michod's taut crime thriller "Animal Kingdom,override the distinct Indian color.Calling the film "the love child of Bollywood and Hollywood," she felt the film was "by turns pulverizing and poetic in its depiction of violence." Lee Marshall of Screen International writes "the script alternates engagingly between scenes of sometimes stomach-churning violence and moments of domestic comedy, made more tasty by hard-boiled lines of dialogue like “in Wasseypur even the pigeons fly with one wing, because they need the other to cover their arse” ".He describes song lyrics "as if mouthed by a Greek chorus of street punks" commenting sarcastically on what’s happening onscreen.

Box office

Gangs of Wasseypur collected ₹12.25 crore (US$1.4 million) in first four days. Gangs Of Wasseypur collected ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) net approx over its first weekend. The collections were good all over. Both installments of the film were made at a production cost of Rs.18.50 Crores and with Rs.17.50 crores as the total first week collection of the first part, film has successfully recovered the total production cost minus promotion cost. Gangs Of Wasseypur held up week two but with low collections. The second week was around ₹ 7 crore nett. According to some sources,the film is not really going anywhere and is expected to end up with a ₹ 13 crore distributor share. The film followed the trend of recent times with small films having a huge amount spent on advertising, sometimes like Kahaani the content works and the p&a (print and advertising) outlay becomes justified but likes of Gangs Of Wasseypur manage a distributor share just a few crore higher than its p&a(print and advertising) outlay, so these extra costs become a burden for the film. The film got good response in all over and within two weeks it earned ₹25 crore (US$2.9 million) and was declared as an average.Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 has earned RS 27,52,00,000(27.52 crore)in India, as of July 27,2012 and the film was finally declared as a hit.

The success party for the film was held at Escobar in Bandra, Mumbai on Thursday, July 5, late evening.

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External links

• Official website
• Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 at IMDb
• Gangs of Wasseypur Twitter Trend
• Anurag Kashyap's interview on Indes réunionnaises

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